COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1981.64
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AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
Maufra, Maxime
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Maufra, Maxime
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Creator Nationality:
European; French
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European; French
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
1861 - 1918
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1861 - 1918
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Biography:
Maxime Maufra, taught by local artists, began painting in his hometown of Nantes. It was not until 1883, after having returned from Great Britain, where he had discovered the Old Masters and the English painters Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Constable (q.v.), and Turner (q.v.), that Maufra gave up a business career and began to devote himself entirely to painting. Three years later he exhibited two landscapes at the 1886 Paris Salon to critical acclaim. He then traveled throughout Normandy and Brittany painting seascapes and landscapes and settled in Paris in 1892, returning every year to Brittany. It was during a visit in Pont-Aven in 1890 that he met Gauguin (q.v.) and Paul Sérusier (1864-1927). The work of these artists overshadowed the influence he had undergone from such painters as Pissarro (q.v.) and Sisley (q.v.). By 1890 he was greatly affected by synthetism, the style invented by Émile Bernard (1868-1941) and developed by Gauguin, that translates forms into flat colored planes arranged in a decorative pattern. This style is most apparent in Maufra's prints and drawings. In 1894 Le Barc de Bouteville held an exhibition of Maufra's work, and the dealer Durand-Ruel supported his artistic career until the end.
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Maxime Maufra, taught by local artists, began painting in his hometown of Nantes. It was not until 1883, after having returned from Great Britain, where he had discovered the Old Masters and the English painters Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Constable (q.v.), and Turner (q.v.), that Maufra gave up a business career and began to devote himself entirely to painting. Three years later he exhibited two landscapes at the 1886 Paris Salon to critical acclaim. He then traveled throughout Normandy and Brittany painting seascapes and landscapes and settled in Paris in 1892, returning every year to Brittany. It was during a visit in Pont-Aven in 1890 that he met Gauguin (q.v.) and Paul Sérusier (1864-1927). The work of these artists overshadowed the influence he had undergone from such painters as Pissarro (q.v.) and Sisley (q.v.). By 1890 he was greatly affected by synthetism, the style invented by Émile Bernard (1868-1941) and developed by Gauguin, that translates forms into flat colored planes arranged in a decorative pattern. This style is most apparent in Maufra's prints and drawings. In 1894 Le Barc de Bouteville held an exhibition of Maufra's work, and the dealer Durand-Ruel supported his artistic career until the end.
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Gender:
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Creator Birth Place:
Nantes, 17 May 1861
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Nantes, 17 May 1861
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Creator Death Place:
Poncé, Sarthe, 23 May 1918
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Poncé, Sarthe, 23 May 1918
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Creator Name-CRT:
Maxime Maufra
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Maxime Maufra
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Title:
The River
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The River
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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Title:
La rivière
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La rivière
Title
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Title Type:
Foreign
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Foreign
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
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Creation Date:
1902
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1902
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Creation Start Date:
1902
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1902
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Creation End Date:
1902
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1902
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on fabric
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oil on fabric
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Dimensions:
Unframed: 54.5cm x 65.7cm
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Unframed: 54.5cm x 65.7cm
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
1981.64
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1981.64
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Credit Line:
Gift of Lewis C. Williams
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Gift of Lewis C. Williams
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Inscriptions:
Signed lower right: Maufra 02
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Signed lower right: Maufra 02
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
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Provenance:
Given by Maufra to the Victor Vignon sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 June 1903 (lot 12), La rivière, 55 x 66 cm. Bought by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 7393), who was also the expert of the sale. Sold to Desmond Fitzgerald, 9 March 1922. American Art Gallery sale, New York, 21-22 April 1927 (lot 88), La rivière, for $400 to Kraushaar Galleries. Purchased by Lewis C. Williams, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1981.
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Given by Maufra to the Victor Vignon sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 June 1903 (lot 12), La rivière, 55 x 66 cm. Bought by Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock number 7393), who was also the expert of the sale. Sold to Desmond Fitzgerald, 9 March 1922. American Art Gallery sale, New York, 21-22 April 1927 (lot 88), La rivière, for $400 to Kraushaar Galleries. Purchased by Lewis C. Williams, Cleveland. Given to the CMA in 1981.
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CMA_.1981.64.TIF
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